So … yesterday was the first deadline in our writing buddy system. Both my buddy Katrina and I had spectacularly disorganised weeks last week with the odd drama and hiccup thrown in for good measure, and failed to meet our deadline yesterday. Instead, we ate cheesecake together. (Baked cheesecake, the best kind).

However, we are not giving up, and decided that our deadlines are there to help us make progress and the deadlines are structured to give us a little room for movement – so we gave ourselves a small extension. Technically, it is still Sunday in many parts of the world, notably across North and South America, and we’re going to be using that time zone instead for our deadline! Yes, we’re totally cheating, but it’s better than giving up entirely.

My goal for yesterday was to write the second chapter of my Bratislava novel. I have an outline for it and a couple of pages written, and I am fairly confident I know how the rest of it is going to sound. After I do a little paid writing this morning and take a good walk with a friend, I’ll be raring to go and polish it off this afternoon. I promise. I’ll report back here with a little edit to prove that I really do get it done.